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A Florida state court jury on June 2 found in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA Inc. in a suit where a man and his wife claimed that the man developed bladder cancer because of his addiction to cigarettes made by the two tobacco com

The six-member jury, in Florida’s 15th Judicial Circuit, needed only an hour to reject Steve Kogan’s claim that nicotine addiction drove him to smoke for 40 years and ultimately caused his 1994 bladder cancer. Although Kogan survived the disease, surgeon

The Department of Epidemiology at Florida International University's (FIU) Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work unveiled the first clinical research laboratory for tobacco smoking in South Florida to assess the impact that waterpipe (a

in which a woman claimed that a tobacco company hid the dangers of smoking from her husband, which led to his lung cancer and death, because the judge gave contradictory jury instructions that may confuse the jury (Lorraine Olson v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco

designated NCH a smoke-free campus and a new policy in 2011 to no longer hire smokers. NCH continues to see a drop in its employee smoking rate, falling from 2.8 percent in 2015 to 1.3 percent in 2016. The smoking rate in Florida for the same time frame w

NICOLAS SUAREZ, A SENIOR AT LINCOLN PARK ACADEMY, WAS NAMED THE SOUTH REGION YOUTH ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR... HE IS A MEMBER OF THE STATEWIDE YOUTH ADVOCACY BOARD, WHICH WORKS WITH THE TOBACCO FREE FLORIDA PROGRAM TO SET THE DIRECTION AND GOALS OF SWAT AND T

A Florida jury on Friday awarded a woman who developed lung cancer after smoking Philip Morris cigarettes $1.3 million in punitive damages, doubling down on its $1.1 million actual damages verdict in the case.

lost a bid Thursday in Delaware Chancery Court for a hold order on a suit in which ITG Brands LLC is contesting its role and liability in a state-of-Florida action demanding $30 million a year in tobacco settlement payments.

Tobacco Free Florida has launched a new effort to educate the public on the true cost of smoking, both in terms of dollars spent and the toll on the smoker’s health. The average pack-a-day smoker in Florida will spend over $2,100 in a year just on cigare